Missing out on just 16 minutes of sleep could wreck your day at work

‘Findings from this study provide empirical evidence for why workplaces need to make more efforts to promote their employees’ sleep.

‘Good sleepers may be better performers at work due to greater ability to stay focused an on-task with fewer errors and interpersonal conflicts.’

This isn’t the first time it’s been suggested that employers could benefit from ensuring workers have a decent sleeping pattern.

Last year a study found that sleep can impact university performance as much as binge-drinking or drug use.

Back in 2016 Rand Europe found that sleep deprivation costs the UK economy £40billion per year, thanks to the issues with productivity, focus, and physical and mental health caused by a lack of sleep, and in 2017 research from the University of Rotterdam found that even one night of poor sleep can lead to employees displaying unwanted behaviour at work, such as taking longer breaks or losing their temper with colleagues.

The tricky bit is that bosses can’t exactly watch over each employee’s bedtime routine. But we also know that stress at work can impact our sleep, which then leads to a damaging cycle of rubbish sleep, poor work performance, and more stress.

What workplaces can do is work to create a healthy working environment, ensure daily stress isn’t leading to burnout, and promote the importance of a healthy work/life balance – part of which is a proper night’s sleep.

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